An excellent win for New Mexico: HB 148 Unemployment Contribution Rate Change, Rep. Chandler, was tabled Monday on a 16-3 vote in House Appropriations! This anti-business bill would cause unemployment tax rates to…
Newly proposed changes to the state's liquor laws passed the House yesterday afternoon to the chagrin of current license holders. House Bill 255 was approved 41-27 and now heads to…
NMBC issued a Call to Action on February 3rd to try and bring attention to the public's limited access to the Legislative Session this year. We were spurred into action…
Governor Lujan Grisham has been quick to wield the power of the executive during the last year and sees no reason to change it. On Friday she addressed the legislative…
The Legislative Session hit the halfway point yesterday. Legislators crammed in the last few bills before the noon cutoff for new legislation on Thursday, to include 78 "dummy" bills, with…
HB 148 Unemployment Contribution Rate Change increases Unemployment Insurance (UI) rates by 200 - 300% or more and will cost New Mexico jobs. Many employees were forced out of work and…
Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Greg Baca, seeks to limit the Governor's authority to issue public health emergencies and the lockdowns or business closures that have become…
Senators will be hearing two legalization bills this Saturday at 10 AM! Take 30 seconds and tell them to vote NO on legal marijuana New Mexico is a phenomenal state…
Yesterday the New Mexico Senate passed SB 1 Restaurant Gross Receipt Tax Deduction with a resounding 42-0 vote. Senate Bill 1 is the first meaningful piece of Legislation to com…
Every year during the Legislative Session NMBC has carried on a practice of identifying "Legislative Heroes and Zeroes." While NMBC does not label individuals or lawmakers as “Zeroes,” we won't…